Meatball Godin

Survival Is Not Enough

It's come to this. All the confusion and chaos and change and turmoil in our working lives have finally tipped the balance...

Evolution analogy

By
Gerard
on
08-04-06

The Power of Moments

Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

By:
Chip Heath,
Dan Heath

Narrated by:
Jeremy Bobb

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

272

Performance

242

Story

242

The Power of Moments shows us how to be the author of richer experiences....

Brilliant!

By
Anonymous User
on
10-05-17

Positioning

The Battle for Your Mind

By:
Al Ries,
Jack Trout

Narrated by:
Grover Gardner

Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

556

Performance

356

Story

350

The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical, media-blitzed public....

Great stuff ... if it was 1975

By
Joseph
on
07-08-08

Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-Based Business

By:
Jay Levinson,
Seth Godin

Narrated by:
Barrett Whitener

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Unabridged

Overall

101

Performance

38

Story

35

Home-based businesses are not just small versions of big marketing conglomerates. They are faced with totally different issues, problems, and opportunities...

Very much out of date

By
Lee
on
08-28-09

Editorial Reviews

The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable is more than just a business self-help manual. With extensive research and real-life case studies at its core, this collection is perfect for any business or individual trying to achieve more than the status quo. Written by Seth Godin and 33 other notable authors, including the likes of Tom Peters and Malcom Gladwell, The Big Moo is filled with stories that investigate the deeper strategy and choices behind successful businesses. Seth Godin's performance is particularly well-suited to relaying anecdotes and research in a light and accessible tone.

Publisher's Summary

Most organizations are stuck in a rut. On one hand, they understand all the good things that will come with growth. On the other, they're petrified that growth means change, and change means risk, and risk means death. Nobody wants to screw up and ruin a good thing, so most companies (and individuals) just keep trying to be perfect at the things they've always done.

In 2003, Seth Godin's Purple Cow challenged organizations to become remarkable: to drive growth by standing out in a world full of brown cows. It struck a huge chord and stayed on the Business Week best seller list for nearly two years. You can hear countless brainstorming meetings where people refer to purple cows and say things like, "That's not good enough. We need to create a big moo!"

But how do you create a big moo, an insight so astounding that people can't help but remark on it, like digital TV recording (TiVo) or overnight shipping (FedEx), or the world's best vacuum cleaner (Dyson)? Godin worked with 32 of the world's smartest thinkers to answer this critical question. And the team, with the likes of Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki, Mark Cuban, Robyn Waters, Dave Balter, Red Maxwell, and Randall Rothenberg on board, created an incredibly useful audiobook that's fun to listen to and perfect for groups to share, discuss, and apply.

The Big Moo is a simple audiobook in the tradition of Fish and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. Instead of lecturing you, it tells stories that stick to your ribs and light your fire. It will help you to create a culture that consistently delivers remarkable innovations.

Story

Be remarkable? This isn't.

I know Seth is hugely popular, but I was disappointed with this book even though I loved All Marketers Are Liars (good book, poor title). It felt like a series of single sentence, pop, 'edicts of wisdom' that were suppose to transform my world upon hearing them (it's a tough act to sound like God AND be as creditable). His intro floats lots of names, but he used surprisingly few quoted statements. I feel Alan G. Robinson's Corporate Creativity was much better at explaining how to discover purple cows (which Seth now says is not enough to be 'remarkable'???).

Disappointing

Although I find Seth Godin's writings useful and always provocative, this concept may sound appealing but the audio version is a fairly bland collection of forgettable sound-bite sized statements. Nothing stood out or was memorable in any way. Godin's more recent works are definitely more worthwhile.

Interesting Read

The big moo is a collection of 33 short essays on creativity and remarkableness. Some are very short, others a few pages but each has some interesting thoughts. There are no recipes or step by step approaches outlined in the book, just interesting approaches and ideas about self-realization and moving forward.

A good book both from a personal development and a business growth standpoint. I enjoyed it enough to buy the hardcover for my colleagues.

Exceptional!

I am remarkable!

I love Seth Godin but wasn't sure what to expect from some of the other authors. I was very impressed with all of them! There are so many people doing remarkable things and I am glad I am one of them too!

Purple Cow or big Moo?

Brilliant or Meditational, I’m not Sure

Some of Seth Gordon’s writing is brilliantly insightful. The death of the TV Industrial Complex is really poignant. Some of it boarder’s on cheer leading. I couldn’t decide which “The Big Moo” was. I suspect something in between.

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Mark

09-24-06

Great transformational thinking

I loved listening to Seth Godin in this audio primer for out of the box thinking, creating the big ideas, and boldly putting them forth to create the 'Big Moo' in the marketplace. His message about being remarkable is indeed more relevant than ever in today's society. I ordered copies of the book for my whole team. It will change your motivation and significantly increase your contribution. - Mark Emanuelson

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

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Julia

03-23-10

Brilliant

This is a fascinating audiobook I was enthralled from beginning to end. It made me view issues from completely different angle. I would recommend this to everybody - you will take away for it something valuable. Buy it and see - you will not be disappointed

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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Ganesh

06-30-07

Loved it - Snippets that stimulate

The reading as a noun and a verb in this audio book is excellent. Every one of the snippet is one better than the other. I have book marked so many of them and shared with many friends. Listen to this it is really power shots for your brain - will defintely help you to think in new perspectives in whatever you do.